Out of Mothballs: Obsolescent Weaponry on the T2k Battlefield

[Raellus]

Anti-tank guns aren't necessarily "antique" weapons, but by the mid-to-late 1990s, most modern militaries had moved on from them and were employing ATGMs, exclusively, to do the job.

It's 2022 and Ukraine needs all of the AT capability it can muster. They're dusting off another oldie-but-goody,

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...anti-tank-guns

I've done some research on AT guns for T2k (I think they'd be back in widespread by year 2 of the Twilight War), but somehow I missed that this one has a radar to see through smoke and dust on the battlefield.

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[Ursus Maior]

Yepp, the "R" is for radar, and it shoots AT-10 Stabber, too, I think. That might be the follow on MT-12K, though. Anyway, the big issue remains that AT guns are vulnerable to artillery and the Russians will bring a lot of that.

By the way, Russia has now stationed 100 of its batallion tactical groups along the Ukrainian border, a figurehead separatist in Donbass just called for 30.000 Russian troops to help his forces out "against Ukrainian aggressions" and some of the Russian troops are sleeping in tents. On Thursday a maneuver with Belarus is going to start.

We'll know what's coming by Sunday, I think.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Anti-tank guns aren't necessarily "antique" weapons, but by the mid-to-late 1990s, most modern militaries had moved on from them and were employing ATGMs, exclusively, to do the job.

It's 2022 and Ukraine needs all of the AT capability it can muster. They're dusting off another oldie-but-goody,

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...anti-tank-guns

I've done some research on AT guns for T2k (I think they'd be back in widespread by year 2 of the Twilight War), but somehow I missed that this one has a radar to see through smoke and dust on the battlefield.

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Do not forget the 2A45 SPRUT(Kraken or Octopus) B towed 125mm AT gun. This is erroneously called the Rapira III in the Twilight rules (Rapira is the name of the cannon which is fitted to a number of tanks and field guns). The Sprut B is a FULLY POWERED MOUNT with a 360-degree rotation (like the 122mm Howitzers can do) that can move limited distances on its own at speeds of up to 15km per hour. It is fitted with a laser designator and ballistic computer allowing it to fire all of the 125mm Missiles and cannon rounds. The later versions augment the passive Night vision sight with thermal imagers. Its powered traverse and elevation allow adjustments of up to 20 degrees per second, compared to hydraulically-assisted manual traversing systems that might hit 5 degrees a second and could NEVER track a fast-moving AFV.
The Russian airborne units even have a "tank destroyer" that mounts this 125mm cannon in an enclosed turret on a BDM (?) air-droppable tracked chassis.

I think I did a write-up of all the AT and Field guns in a threat you started specifically about Field Guns. The Russians do LOVE their "dual-purpose" artillery.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

I think I did a write-up of all the AT and Field guns in a threat you started specifically about Field Guns. The Russians do LOVE their "dual-purpose" artillery.

I'll have to try to find that. I don't remember it, but I'd like to see it.

On a sad note, it looks like Taiwan is finally retiring its Walker Bulldog light tanks.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...an-six-decades

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[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by Raellus

I'll have to try to find that. I don't remember it, but I'd like to see it.

On a sad note, it looks like Taiwan is finally retiring its Walker Bulldog light tanks.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...an-six-decades

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It was actually Kalos72 who started the thread and it is titled "Mortars and Artillery."

[Raellus]

Meant to post about this last night, but forgot. I was reminded this morning by footage on the news of a Russian separatist firing in the Donetsk region.

Anti-tank rifles, like the the PTRS-41, would make a comeback in the Twilight War. Today, they're often employed as long-range sniper rifles, but more often as anti-materiel weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTRS-41

Obviously, anti-tank rifles are fairly useless against modern AFVs, but they can still do significant damage to soft-skin and light armored vehicles. For example...

In the T2k PbP I play in, two different OPFOR have used anti-tank rifles against the PC's BTR-80 in the last two major firefights, managing to poke a few holes in it, damage the engine, and wound a couple of people.

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[ChalkLine]

There's a PTRS-41 reticule for the PSO-1 sight (the same as used on the SVD among others)
The PTRS needs a rail fitted and evidently it's a custom side-rail due to the width of the receiver.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by ChalkLine

There's a PTRS-41 reticule for the PSO-1 sight (the same as used on the SVD among others)
The PTRS needs a rail fitted and evidently it's a custom side-rail due to the width of the receiver.

If you get a chance, check out 9-Hole Reviews the YouTube channel. I have the video from him posted in Leg's Video thread that's just below this one. He shoots an AK74 with an RPG-7 optical sight attached to its rail.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Meant to post about this last night, but forgot. I was reminded this morning by footage on the news of a Russian separatist firing in the Donetsk region.

Anti-tank rifles, like the the PTRS-41, would make a comeback in the Twilight War. Today, they're often employed as long-range sniper rifles, but more often as anti-materiel weapons.

The PCs in my last campaign captured a Gepard M3 and loved it.